Evolving research program

Verifiably Human

Human-creation claims should identify their supporting process evidence, attributable declarations, and observation limits. Authority and accountability are evaluated separately. Anything the evidence does not resolve remains unknown.

Correction to Parts I–III

Authorized issuance is not verified origin. A person can retype or revise AI-produced text and issue a valid signed claim. Missing provenance means unknown origin, not synthetic origin. Capture, authorship, approval, and AI assistance can coexist. A dispute requires an adjudication process; it does not automatically invalidate a claim. An issuer’s stated time is not independent evidence of when a record existed.

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Four dimensions, reported separately

Process evidence

What activity was observed, under which threat model, and what remained outside observation.

Attributable declaration

What a particular issuer claimed about a particular artifact. A valid signature does not establish that the claim is true.

Accountability

Who investigates challenges, what evidence is considered, what consequences can follow, and how decisions are appealed.

Authority

Whether an actor was permitted to perform or publish a particular action or claim.


Open work

Define individual creation claims precisely enough that observed workflow, declared claim, and policy eligibility remain separate.

Compare which forms of process evidence survive deliberate substitution, and which legitimate workflows—including dictation, transcription, autocomplete, and assistive input—are wrongly rejected.

Measure attack acceptance, legitimate rejection, unresolved cases, privacy exposure, and collection burden. No benchmark result has been published.

Earlier essays remain available as historical arguments with visible editor’s notes:


© Gerardo I. Ornelas

Systems architect, founder, and advisor for governed AI and trusted visibility.